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The Hero of this Book

By Elizabeth McCracken

The Hero of this Book Contemporary literature

The Hero of this Book

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'A sublime gift' MEG MASON A taut, ground-breaking new novel about a writer's relationship with her larger-than-life mother - and about the very nature of writing. Ten months after her mother's death, the narrator of The Hero of This Book walks across London on a quiet Sunday. The city was a favourite of her mother's, and as the narrator wanders the streets, she finds herself recalling all that made her complicated mother extraordinary. Even though the woman, a writer, wants to respect her mother's nearly pathological sense of privacy, she must decide whether making a chronicle of this remarkable life constitutes an act of love or betrayal. * A New Yorker, Time, Washington Post, Oprah Daily and NPR Book of the Year * 'I absolutely loved it. A moving portrayal of daughterhood...suffused with warmth and love' MEGAN HUNTER, author of The Harpy 'Confirms McCracken as among the finest contemporary chroniclers of everyday life... wonderful' GUARDIAN 'Tender, funny, heartbreaking... a writer who always delights' RUMAAN ALAM, author of Leave the World Behind
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
192
Release Date:
2023-11-02
Publication Date:
2023-11-02
Publisher:
Random House UK Ltd
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1529919657
ISBN13:
9781529919653
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
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Weight:
142 g
Height:
130 cm
Width:
194 cm
Thickness:
17 cm
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